The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-01-01

List Monday Constable j. y Brown
arrested pstsy Green 3 section hand,
who has booa employed on the Bisuka
section, on y charge Of attempted
murder. The attempt was the result Of
conviyial spree among the men of
that section which ended in row about
o'clock a. M, last Saturday morning.
1t appears that the men were drinking
and playing cards Christmas eve at the
Bisuka section house, and about one
o'clock Green, who is large and pow
full man, became involved in a dispute
over the cards with another man, whom
he finally struck in the face with COB
let, shivering the glass into atoms. He
then drow his revolver and expressed
the intention of bathing in gore. Tho
other mon fed tho house and bid in the
sage brush, but Green, who by this
time was two-thirds drunk and entirely
crazy, was bent on killing someone.
He went up stairs to his room and sent
word TO Zimmerman, tka man who runs
the section house, for himself and wife
to appear before him. Probably I'M
aware OF the mans condition, Zimmer-
man and his vile, with their three little
children, went to Green's room, when
he at onca began to accuse them OF try
ing to have him removed from his
work. This they denied and attempted
to reason v it'll and pacify hin. Their
efforts in this direction only seemed to
anger him tho moro, aud sucdanly
drawing his revolver he fred it full into
Zimmerman's face three Or four times.
at distance OF not over five feet.
Strange as it may arpear, not one ct
tho bullets penetrated the skull. al
though tho revolver was Colts' AZ cal
ibre. The first struck Zimmerman ilst
above the left eye, and glanced off,
hardly breaking tbs skin, but blaclIen-
ing that whole side of his face. The
second pierced the lower half of the
right ear, and striking the protubsr-
ance of the Ger, also glanced. The
third struck tho little girl, whom Zini-
merman held in his srms, and inflicted
a wound exactly identical with tho sec
ond received by her father, except that
the results wers moro serious, as the
shock consequent seemed to paralyze
the little one. and for two days she did
not spoak or regain consciousness Be-
coming impressed with tho idea that
Green really meant to slay him, Tim
norman made wild leap for his life
through the open door, with the child |
still 10 his arms, landing safely on the |
door below, and fed FOR safety to the
sage brush, quickly followed by his
wife with the other two Children. Green
held the house ia triumph, repeatedly |
yelling for someone to come forth and
die, until Mrs. Zimmerman, who sesms
to havo exhibited far the most pluck
and GOODNESS OF any present, oame
back and succeeded in calming the
crszsd man, and took his
weapon from him.
When arrested in this place Green
was still wild. but he Gained down dur
ing the preliminary examination, and
admitted his guilt, simply saying that
be had no idea what he was doing, and
5hat he was crazy drunk at the time.
10 justice to him IL is but fair TO say
5hat he has always heretofore borne
good reputation as an honest, hard
man, and whisky did it all.
ae is Sweae aud half brother of
Anthony Anderson, the foreman on the
Parma section. Ms WAS bound over
nuder $1,000 bonds, and being unable
70 furnish thom, was taken to the
county jail By Constable Brown last
Wednesday.